poverty

Marketplace's Wealth and Poverty reporters talked with people from all over the country, and many, regardless of their earning power, had very little in the way of savings.

Many who are technically living above the poverty line in the United States actually can’t afford to pay for basic needs like clothing and food.

Daryl Snell and Angel Rogers live just above the poverty line. In their own words, the choices they make and the challenges they face.

College dropouts don’t get the job, earnings and career benefits of postsecondary education, but they do get a student loan repayment book.

Reporter Mitchell Hartman discusses the need for Marketplace's new Wealth & Poverty desk.

Walter Mosley's new book, "All I Did Was Shoot My Man," is more than a mystery novel. Both Mosley and his recurring protagonist, Leonid McGill, take on issues of economic injustice, inequality and the inevitable world of capitalism we live in.

More than 40 percent of Americans are too "asset poor" to weather a job loss for three months.

Is Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich justified in calling President Obama the "Food Stamp President?"

School-subsidized lunch programs report staggering numbers of students in need of help.

Unemployment and foreclosures have forced many more households to cut budgets to the bone this year. How some families are coping with the holidays now that they're no longer middle class.